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12-letter words containing cha

  • charbroiling — Present participle of charbroil.
  • charcoal rot — a disease of plants, especially sorghum, corn, etc., characterized by basal stem lesions and a black discoloration and dry rot of the internal tissues at the base of the stem and upper roots, caused by a fungus, Macrophomina phaseoli.
  • charcuteries — Plural form of charcuterie.
  • charge nurse — A charge nurse is a nurse who is in charge of a hospital ward.
  • charge plate — an identification plate, especially one from which an impression can be taken, issued to a customer and used to make purchases on a credit basis.
  • charge sheet — a document on which a police officer enters details of the charge against a prisoner and the court in which he will appear
  • charismatics — Plural form of charismatic.
  • charismatize — to impress or influence by charisma.
  • charity sale — a sale in aid of charity
  • charity shop — A charity shop is a shop that sells used goods cheaply and gives its profits to a charity.
  • charity toss — a free shot given as a penalty for a foul
  • charity work — unpaid work, usually fundraising, done in aid of a charity
  • charlatanism — the practice or method of a charlatan.
  • charles drew — Charles Richard, 1904–50, U.S. physician: developer of blood-bank technique.
  • charles epee — Charles Michel, Abbé de l', 1712–89, French priest and teacher of the deaf: pioneer in the development of sign language.
  • charles viii — 1470–98, king of France 1483–98 (son of Louis XI).
  • charles' law — the principle that all gases expand equally for the same rise of temperature if they are held at constant pressure: also that the pressures of all gases increase equally for the same rise of temperature if they are held at constant volume. The law is now known to be only true for ideal gases
  • charlesbourg — city in S Quebec, Canada: pop. 71,000
  • charm school — a school teaching manners and social skills
  • charmingness — pleasing; delightful: a charming child.
  • charnelhouse — Alternative form of charnel house.
  • chart topper — a singer, band or video that comes top in the charts
  • chartbusters — Plural form of chartbuster.
  • charterhouse — a Carthusian monastery
  • charterparty — an agreement for the hire of all or part of a ship for a specified voyage or period of time
  • chartophylax — an official who serves chiefly as the chancellor and archivist of a diocese.
  • chartularies — Plural form of chartulary.
  • chasmogamous — pertaining to or having pollination occur in a fully opened flower.
  • chastisement — Chastisement is the same as punishment.
  • chastizement — Alternative form of chastisement.
  • chat-up line — A chat-up line is a remark that someone makes in order to start a conversation with someone they do not know but find sexually attractive.
  • chateau wine — a wine produced from any of certain vineyards in the Bordeaux region of France
  • chattel real — an interest in land less than a freehold, such as a lease
  • chatter mark — any of a series of grooves, pits, and scratches on the surface of a rock, usually made by the movement of a glacier
  • chatterboxes — Plural form of chatterbox.
  • chauffeuring — Present participle of chauffeur.
  • chaulmoogras — Plural form of chaulmoogra.
  • chauvinistic — If you describe someone as chauvinistic, you believe that they think their own country is more important and morally better than any other.
  • chicharrones — A Hispanic dish; made of fried pork rinds.
  • chimichangas — Plural form of chimichanga.
  • chitchatting — light conversation; casual talk; gossip.
  • chook chaser — a small motorcycle, esp for off-road use
  • chord change — a movement from one chord to another
  • chump change — Slang. a small or insignificant amount of money.
  • closed chain — any structural arrangement, used in the models and formulas of molecules, consisting of a chain of atoms that forms a closed geometric figure; ring
  • coachability — a large, horse-drawn, four-wheeled carriage, usually enclosed.
  • cochairwoman — a woman who cochairs an organization
  • coin changer — a machine that gives change rapidly, as to a customer, typically operated by a manual keyboard and often used in association with a cash register.
  • colour chart — a chart with samples of paint colours
  • corner chair — a chair having an approximately square seat with a leg at each corner and a back extending around two adjacent sides.
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